Anyone know a good NES assembly tutorial?

Baka94Baka94
in The Brewery
I can't find a good NES assembly tutorial anywhere. I have tried googling and searched through multiple sites (including NA). The tutorials I've read often don't explain things clearly enough or skip some of the stuff. In both cases it just leaves me confused. I'm not total noob when it comes to programming, so I have some knowledge about programming at least.

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  • NESHomebrewNESHomebrew
    And you checked all the stickies at the top of this forum?
  • removed04092017removed04092017
    You passed one up on the way to make it here. Your google-fu is broken, or just never worked. Check out nerdy nights.
  • GradualGamesGradualGames
    As an additional resource if you need some extra clear explanations of much of the same background you'll need for NES asm, check out the book linked from this thread: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=93756 I'm fond of recommending it, because at one time I too knew very little and found even well-written online tutorials to not quite cut it for me. This book made the difference.
  • DoNotWantDoNotWant
    Programming the 6502 by Rodney Zacks is good, and so is the WDC 6502 manual.

    If you have programming experience tho, Nerdy Nights should be good enough, later http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Nesdev_Wiki

    just make sure you download the source code for the tutorials and study it together with the material in the forum.
  • Mega Mario ManMega Mario Man
    https://archive.org/search.php?query=6502 assembly



    The Archive.org has a bunch of 6502 assembly books they have scanned into their database. I stated into one of them until I thought I had a decent understanding of the core concept. They are great references as well if you need more information on opcodes, routines, or anything else.



    Do note (As warned in the Nerdy Nights tutorials) the NES 6502 is not a full 6502 processor. There will be some functions that you can't do with the NES 6502.



    Enjoy!
  • RothRoth
    Originally posted by: DoNotWant

    Programming the 6502 by Rodney Zacks is good



    I still have that one on my desk and use it for reference now and then : )
  • Mega Mario ManMega Mario Man

    Originally posted by: Roth




    Originally posted by: DoNotWant



    Programming the 6502 by Rodney Zacks is good







    I still have that one on my desk and use it for reference now and then : )



    https://archive.org/details/Programming_the_6502



    That's the one I reference to as well. Here it is on Archive.org!


  • DoNotWantDoNotWant
    Yeah, his book about the 65816 is also great, if you want to get into SNES programming.
  • chowderchowder
    If you need a good 6502 instruction reference, this is by far the best I could find:



    http://www.obelisk.demon.co.uk/6502/reference.html



    Very handy when developing my emulator too.

  • bennybtlbennybtl
    This is an interesting read and has the assembly code for tetris documented for the most part, may be a good example to learn from?

    http://meatfighter.com/nintendotetrisai/
  • RothRoth

    Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man




    Originally posted by: Roth




    Originally posted by: DoNotWant



    Programming the 6502 by Rodney Zacks is good







    I still have that one on my desk and use it for reference now and then : )



    https://archive.org/details/Progr...



    That's the one I reference to as well. Here it is on Archive.org!

     





    Neat-o! That's the fourth edition, and I happen to have the third. It'd be neat to skim through a bit and look for errors that were corrected or content being added.
  • Mega Mario ManMega Mario Man

    Originally posted by: Roth




    Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man




    Originally posted by: Roth




    Originally posted by: DoNotWant



    Programming the 6502 by Rodney Zacks is good







    I still have that one on my desk and use it for reference now and then : )



    https://archive.org/details/Programming_the_6502



    That's the one I reference to as well. Here it is on Archive.org!

     





    Neat-o! That's the fourth edition, and I happen to have the third. It'd be neat to skim through a bit and look for errors that were corrected or content being added.



    Looks like he wrote 6502 Applications as well.

    https://archive.org/stream/6502_Applications#page/n3/mode/2up
  • Baka94Baka94
    Thanks for the links. I'll take a look at those links and see what is the best for me. Maybe when I got the basic stuff, I can try some other tutorial like "Nerdy Nights" as some of you suggested (BTW, I did try it before I made this topic, but most of it went over my head '^_^).
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